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User Guide

March 2011

Appendix C

Towards Zero Waste Initiatives

- Town Operations and Events

In March 2011, Environmental Policy audited a week’s worth of Town Hall’s recyclables, compost and garbage to

become compliant with the Ministry of the Environment’s O. Reg. 102/94. For information on the waste audit and the

town’s baseline waste management data see the Council report dated April 12, 2011, Towards Zero Waste Procedure,

O. Reg. 102/94 Waste Audit and Work Plan Compliance.

Our waste audit revealed some very positive results and also highlighted areas where we can improve. The creation

and implementation of a formal towards zero waste work plan is mandated under O. Reg. 102/94 and is to be updated

annually.

The Town of Oakville’s TZW Procedure has 3 main goals:

1) Waste Collection: To have proper waste, including recycling, compost and garbage, collection services

available at all appropriate facilities, see Table 1 for details.

2) Waste Diversion: To have staff properly trained on ‘what goes where’ to support accurate recycling, composting

and garbage disposal and to have proper waste diversion programs in place for hazardous waste. Table 2 has

detailed actions to improve the town’s waste diversion rates.

3) Waste Reduction: To have staff work to reduce the waste, including recycling, compost and garbage,

generated through town operations, see Table 3 for detailed actions.

This procedural user guide will be amended annually with the town’s waste reduction work plan update mandated by O.

Reg. 102/94. All information included in this guide can also be located on Portico.

Section 1 – Waste Collection

Waste refers to recycling, compost and garbage. All three wastes need individual collection bins and contracts. It is

important to have the proper collection bins placed strategically at all facilities and to ensure our collection contracts are

in place for the proper removal and disposal of collected waste. Companies employed to collect waste from town

facilities have been researched to ensure all waste is receiving proper disposal. Hazardous waste collection requires a

disposal/recycling certificate from the Ministry of the Environment or Recycling Council of Ontario to ensure waste is

being handled properly. Refer to Table 1, to see how you can help to ensure waste is being properly collected

throughout town facilities and operations.

Table 1: Staff responsibilities in regard to providing proper waste, recycling, compost and garbage collection at all

appropriate town facilities.

Action - All staff must:

Details

• ensure all existing town facilities have garbage and

recycling collection contracts in place.

All town facilities are currently included on garbage

and recycling collection contracts.

• ensure all new facilities are added to existing waste

collection contracts or seek new contracts to provide

service.

As new facilities are constructed, waste collection

contracts will be amended or issued.

On the advice of Halton Region’s waste management

services only select town buildings are suitable for

organic collection.

See annual work plan for select facilities and timelines.

• continuously work with our janitorial cleaners to ensure

proper waste collection is taking place daily within each

department.

All waste collection issues that arise should be

directed to Facility and Construction Management, as

they are the point of contact with our janitorial

contractor.

• have safe collection in place for all hazardous waste

complete with chain of custody and MSDS forms if

needed.

All hazardous waste disposal questions should be

brought to the attention of Environmental Policy staff

who will help to address issues.

See Section 2 below for more information on the

town’s hazardous waste recycling and disposal

programs.

• enforce litter by-law.

Events taking place on town property must adhere to

the same standards as town operations. Alert town

staff to outdoor activities or events that are expected to

generate a large amount of waste that is not properly

collected or disposed of.

• support implementation of public space recycling

programs on town property such as at marinas, along

roadways and at sports fields and parks.

Environmental Policy, Transit, Recreation and Culture

and Parks and Open Space implement public space

recycling programs.

• continue to look for funding opportunities to expand public

space recycling programs.

Environmental Policy, Recreation and Culture, Parks

and Open Space and Transit will continue to look for

opportunities.

• refer to Table 4: Waste collection, diversion and reduction

initiatives for town events.

Section 2 - Waste Diversion

It is important that staff be provided with the options to separate waste. Halton Region suggests that a recycling bin

and compost bin be paired with garbage bins at centrally located waste stations, which can be found throughout

departments, meeting rooms, corridors and in the cafeteria. Another way to make recycling and composting easier for

employees was to remove the convenient individual garbage can option usually found within offices replacing them with

mini recycling and compost bins.

Table 2: Staff responsibilities to support town waste diversion programs.

Action - All staff must:

Details

• notify Environmental Policy if recycling, compost and

garbage bins are not made available in each department,

cafeteria services, boardrooms and committee rooms.

If waste bins are missing from meeting rooms or from

within the departments please contact Environmental

Policy at extension 3948.

• empty their office recycling and compost containers into

centrally located waste stations as required.

All staff are responsible for emptying personal waste

containers on a regular basis.

• ensure that all construction, new and existing buildings,

can accommodate 3 stream waste collection in centrally

located areas.

Adhere to the Sustainable Building Design Guidelines.

• must update and implement O. Reg. 102/94 mandated

waste audit and annual work plan actions.

Environmental Policy to report on and update annual

TZW Work Plan in conjunction with Sustainable

Purchasing Procedure implementation progress report.

• promote TZW initiatives through staff outreach and

education- Waste Reduction Week – late October and

Earth Week each April.

Staff to participate and provide feedback on TZW Work

Plan implementation.

• “Put waste in its place” by referring to the posters

displayed near centrally located waste station.

All central waste stations have posters showing ‘what

goes where’; staff are to refer to these posters when

unsure about whether an item is recyclable,

compostable or garbage.

• continuously work with our janitorial cleaners to ensure

collected waste is being properly diverted from garbage

stream.

Once staff have separated waste into 3 streams it is

crucial that our janitorial staff also collect and dispose of

the collected materials properly.

• refuse to purchase garbage by adhering to Sustainable

Purchasing goal:

# 1: To minimize waste by limiting purchases and

packaging while increasing our waste diversion rates,

e.g. specifically request that products are not

packaged in materials that are not recyclable such as

Styrofoam or plastic film wrap.

For more information on the town’s Sustainable

Purchasing Procedure visit Portico.

• refer to Table 4: Waste collection, diversion and reduction

initiatives for town events.

Hazardous Waste Disposal

• utilize hazardous waste disposal programs for:

CFL bulbs

paint

motor oil

batteries

cell phones

cell phone accessories

computers

computer equipment

toners

inks

No hazardous waste should be disposed of in any of the

waste streams. Hazardous waste needs to be collected

separately and disposed of responsibly. The town has

many hazardous waste collection programs in place that

are to be used.

For information on where to properly dispose of town

hazardous waste visit Portico.

Hazardous waste can be identified by the presence of

the following symbols displayed on your product.

• adhere to Sustainable Purchasing Procedure goals:

# 4: to purchase items that are less toxic

# 7: to purchase items that protect indoor and outdoor air

quality

For more information on the town’s Sustainable

Purchasing Procedure visit Portico.

• alert Environmental Policy staff to hazardous waste items

currently not being disposed of properly.

Contact Environmental Policy at extension 3948 if there

is any item of concern.

• implement new hazardous waste disposal programs as

needed by contacting Environmental Policy.

Contact Environmental Policy at extension 3948 if there

is any item that you do not know how to dispose of

properly.

Section 3 - Waste Reduction

As important as ensuring your waste is separated and collected properly staff need to reduce the overall amount of

waste produced altogether, including recycling, compost and garbage. Table 3 details actions to take to reduce the

amount of waste you are sending to landfill, recycling or compost facilities.

Table 3: Actions staff can take to reduce the amount of waste entering the recycling, compost and garbage streams.

Action – All staff must:

Details

• “Put waste in its place” by referring to waste posters

displayed near each waste station and portico.

Town staff can refer to the posters displayed at each

central waste station to ensure they are properly

disposing of their waste.

• bring reusable, compostable or recyclable materials to

work with them.

Whenever possible town staff should limit their use of

disposable single use items.

• reduce items that are used in excess, even if they are

compostable or recyclable.

Find out what you use a lot of and try to reduce it.

• reduce the use of disposable coffee/tea cups by using a

refillable coffee mug.

Available at Service Oakville and through staff education

throughout the year.

• request reusable dinner and drink ware from cafeteria and

catering services

Whenever possible town staff should limit their use of

disposable single use items.

• adhere to Sustainable Purchasing Procedure goals:

# 1: Making efficient use of natural resources including

land, air, energy and water

#3: To purchase high quality items that can be repaired or

upgraded instead of disposed of

#6: to purchase items that have reusable parts or

reusability.

For more information on the town’s Sustainable

Purchasing Procedure visit Portico.

Paper Reduction Strategies

• reduce paper use and overall printing.

Save and send electronic meeting notes, agendas and

emails. Make use of Portico to share documents. Scan

documents and send electronically instead of printing

out copies. Ask the question “does this document

require printing at all?”

• print limited amounts of documents on an as needed

basis only.

Print only as many copies as you need at one particular

time. Be sure that the document being printed is in its

finalized version; try to limit printing of draft versions.

• only print final document in colour if necessary.

If it is necessary to print a draft version of an unfinished

document be sure to print double sided in black and

white only.

• Staff should print double sided documents unless

legislated by an overarching government agency such as

the Accessibility Standards

Unless legislated, all documents should be printed

double sided (duplex).

• review distribution lists for meeting notes and agendas

Staff should review distribution lists to ensure that extra

packages are not being printed and delivered to staff

that do not need them. Staff should look for

opportunities to decrease printing by having staff within

the same department circulate materials.

• support the new Print Centre Standards, listed below:

• All documents will be printed double-sided unless

otherwise justified

• Any document 60 pages or less will be saddle-

stitched

•

60- to 200-page documents will be stapled on the

The Print Centre has implemented the listed initiatives in

an effort to reduce the town’s overall paper use and

increase its waste diversion rates.

Saddle stitched documents are more easily recycled as

you do not need to unbind them.

top left corner or double stapled on the left margin

• 200 plus-page documents will be bound using a

plastic coil or Cerlox (alternatively, any document

can be three-hole punched)

• Plastic and vinyl front and back covers have been

replaced by covers printed on cardstock

• Lamination of paper will need to justified.

Even Cerlox bound documents can be recycled if the

Cerlox is removed.

Plastic and vinyl covers are not recyclable and will

therefore be removed from all town reports.

Lamination of paper will need to be justified as paper

becomes unrecyclable once laminated. Only laminate

items that will be reused over and over again and have

the potential to be ruined through this reuse.

• support and investigate moving toward electronic:

• pay roll deductions

• purchasing bid documents

• pay stubs

• Council Agendas and Minutes.

The feasibility of these initiatives needs to be reviewed

and evaluated with staff and the community. Show

support for going paperless and request electronic

versions of the listed items instead of print copies.

Implementation details are laid out in annual work plan.

•

refer to Corporate Communication’s environmentally

friendly printing standards when printing documents

externally.

Information is available through Corporate

Communications.

Bottled Water Phase-Out

• support the corporate wide bottled water phase-out and

bring a reusable water bottle to refill at town fountains.

Support municipal water by bringing your own refillable

bottle with you to work and refill at one of our “Chilled,

Filtered and Free’ fountains.

• encourage residents to bring their own refillable water

bottles with them when visiting town facilities.

Let facility users know that water fountains are provided

throughout our facilities and that they should bring a

reusable bottle with them.

• refer to Table 4: Waste collection, diversion and reduction

initiatives for town events

Section 4: Events on Town Property

There are many different types of events hosted on town property and each event has different needs regarding waste

management. The following tables were created to help staff advise public space user groups.

Waste Collection

All events must have garbage and recycling bins available and

placed side by side throughout the event.

Garbage and recycling will be made available through

the Parks and Open Space Department in most

cases.

All events serving food must request organics collection from

town staff or Halton Region.

If an event plans to serve food it is important that you

refer to Appendix A to purchase the proper cutlery,

drink and dinner ware that is either compostable or

recyclable.

Six weeks prior to the event town staff shall complete

the form in Appendix B requesting Halton Region to

provide compost and recycling bins and waste

collection for the event.

Events taking place at a town facility equipped with

compost pick up may avoid requesting the services of

Halton Region.

All waste receptacles, garbage, recycling and compost bins

must have proper signage and be placed side by side.

Halton Region suggests pairing all waste bins to offer

the choice of recycling, compost and garbage at each

station.

Having volunteers on hand to ensure the proper

placement of materials is also recommended and

sometimes made mandatory by Halton Region as a

condition of their assistance.

Staff must ensure that all waste is collected at the end of the

event.

Staff are responsible for all collected garbage at

events until it is collected. Staff may need to make

arrangements to return to the event site to meet with

waste haulers.

Waste Diversion

All events must offer garbage and recycling collection.

All town events must provide the option of garbage

and recycling receptacles throughout.

Even if beverages are not available at the event, there

will be recyclables brought to the event that will need

disposal.

Any event serving food must offer compost collection on-site.

If food is being served on-site it is important to divert

organics from the landfill. By referring to Halton

Region’s Resource Guide, Appendix A, you will know

what to purchase to further limit your waste.

All waste bins, recycling, compost and garbage, must be

placed side by side at events

On the advice of Halton Region all waste receptacles

should be placed together to offer the option of

composting, recycling and garbage.

Proper signage and/or waste separation volunteers must

accompany each waste station to ensure proper placement of

waste.

Having the bins present and collected does not make

much of an impact unless users know ‘what goes

where’. Posters are available from Environmental

Policy and come standard when working with Halton

Region’s Waste Management Services.

Waste Reduction

Refer to Appendix A, Halton Region’s Resource Guide to find

items that are compostable or recyclable upon expiration.

Items such as Styrofoam and single use condiments

should be avoided as the only waste option for them

is as garbage.

Town staff should use reusable cutlery, dinner and

drink ware when possible to limit waste.

Support the use of municipal water at town events. Tell event

goers to bring their own reusable bottles to fill on-site.

For outdoor events wishing to provide fresh, free and

chilled municipal water, please refer to Appendix C,

the town’s Water Bar Lending Program request form.

Staff should look for re-use opportunities at town events.

Town staff should make every effort not to be

wasteful. If a surplus of food or drink arises from a

town event, donating to a local charity should be

explored.

For a better understanding of how to plan your zero waste event refer to Table 2 below. The location, size and type of

event will govern what steps need to be taken. If you would like to see your event added to the list below contact

extension 3948.

Table 4: Town of Oakville’s annual events and zero waste considerations to be taken.

Event Type Description of Events

Halton

Region’s

Resource

Guide

Appendix

Halton

Region’s

Guidelines

and

Collection

Request

Appendix

Water

Bar

Request

Form

Appendix

Town

Event

Debrief

Appendix

Other

Outdoor Event

(with food and

beverage)

Staff Appreciation Day, Ice

Cream with Ralph and Alan,

Fire Prevention Day, Halton

Children’s Water Festival ,

Mayor’s Invitational Softball

Tournament

Outdoor Event

(with beverage

only)

Sports tournaments, Santa

Claus Parade

Parks and Open Space to

provide garbage and

recycling bins on-site

Outdoor event

(without food

and beverage)

OakvilleGreen Garage Sale,

Indoor Event at

Town Hall (with

food & beverage)

Parks and Open Space staff

Training, United Way Taste-

Off, Family Christmas Party,

Festival of Lights

Email attachment

Water to be provided by

fountains or water

pitchers.

Indoor Event at

Town Hall

(without food &

beverage)

Boating Symposium, Oakville

Conserves Open House, Earth

Day Event,

Recycling, garbage and

composting should be

available either way

Email attachment.

Indoor event not

at Town Hall

(with food &

beverage)

Family Day activities, other

Indoor Event not

at Town Hall

(without food)

Recycling and garbage will

be available on-site

Upon completion of your event, it is important to track progress so that staff can consistently improve upon our Toward Zero

Waste event strategies. By completing Appendix D, the event debrief form, staff will be familiar with what initiatives worked in the

past and which did not. As staff may change it will make the event planning and transition easier.

The event debrief forms will be kept by Environmental Policy to help track progress over the years.

Community Events on Town Property

The Town’s 2011 Special Events User Guide has been amended to reflect the actions and goals laid out in the Toward Zero

Waste Procedure and Procedural User Guide. These amendments will ensure that all ‘organizing groups’ plan and deliver their

event with a zero waste approach and in accordance with the procedure.

For a copy of the Special Events User Guide please visit

www.oakville.ca/facilityrentals.htm

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Waste Diversion Services to Community Events

Resources Guide

Purpose

The purpose of this Resource Package is to support public community organizations/event

organizers using Halton Region’s Waste Diversion Services to Community Events.

Guidelines

On June 2, 2010, Halton Regional Council approved PW-12-10 Guidelines for Halton Region to

Provide Waste Diversion Services to Community Events.

The purpose of these guidelines is to specify the services that Halton Region is able to provide to

public community events in order to ensure consistent service levels are provided to all events

and to specify the roles and responsibilities of the Region when providing waste diversion

assistance to public community events.

Dishware & Food Packaging, Cutlery and Cups

As per the Guidelines, the public community organization/event organizers are to encourage all

vendors to use food or drink packaging that is accepted in the Blue Box and GreenCart

programs.

Dishware & Food Packaging

5 Fibre-based dishware and food packaging is accepted in the GreenCarts and Green Totes.

These materials can be purchased from:

• Al-Pack, www.mycompost.com

• Bioplastics Canada, www.shop.bioplasticscanada.com

• Genpak Harvest Fibre, www.genpak.com

• Huhtamaki - BioWare Products, www.huhtamaki.com

• International Paper Inc.,

www.internationalpaper.com

• Pactiv, www.pactiv.com

• Seeker Green Products Ltd., www.seeker.com.hk

• Royal Chinet, www.royalchinet.com

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6 Poly-lactic acid (PLA) plates and food packaging, plastic plates and food packaging,

Polystyrene and Styrofoam plates and food packaging will only be accepted in the

Garbage.

Cutlery

5 Wooden cutlery is accepted in the GreenCarts and Green Totes. This cutlery can be

purchased from:

• Aspenware, www.aspenware.ca

• Bioplastics Canada, www.shop.bioplasticscanada.com

• Greenware Products, www.greenwareproducts.com

6 Poly-lactic acid (PLA) cutlery, corn or potato starch cutlery, BPI certified compostable

cutlery, and regular plastic cutlery will only be accepted in the Garbage.

Cups

5 Poly-lactic acid (PLA)-lined paper cups are accepted for use in the GreenCart or Green

Totes. Paper cups are not to be stacked, as stacking causing challenges at the composting

facility.

Poly-lactic acid (PLA)-lined paper cups can be purchased from:

• Al-Pack, www.mycompost.com

• Eco-Packaging, www.ecopackaging.ca

• Georgia-Pacific Professional Food Service, www.productcatalog.gp.com

• International Paper, www.internationalpaper.com

• Solo, www.solocup.com

• The Green Supply Company, www.mygreensupply.com

If a public community organization/event organizer chooses a vendor not listed above, the

material must be verified by Halton Region staff before purchasing as this material may not be

acceptable in the Blue Box or GreenCart.

6 Poly-lactic acid (PLA) plastic cups, PET and PP plastic cups, and Styrofoam cups will

only be accepted in the Garbage.

GreenCart or Green Tote Liners

As per the Guidelines, the public community organization/event organizers are responsible for

ensuring GreenCarts and Green Totes are clean upon return. This can be partially accomplished

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through the purchase of acceptable Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) certified compostable

bags for the GreenCarts or Green Totes.

The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) logo looks like this:

5 Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) certified compostable bags can be purchased from:

• Al-Pack, www.mycompost.com

• Eco-Life Products Inc., www.ecolifeproducts.ca

5 Paper food waste bags are also acceptable for use in the GreenCarts or Green Totes (they do

not have a BPI logo) and can be purchased from:

• Bag to Earth, www.bagtoearth.com

6 EPI bags, oxo-biodegradable bags, blue or green recycling bags, garbage bags and other

plastic bags are not accepted in the GreenCart or Green Tote.

Bin Cleaning

As per the Guidelines, bins must be returned in the same condition as when they were delivered.

If the Region is required to clean the Tools, the public community organization/event organizers

will be invoiced for the service.

Public community organizations/event organizers can “power wash” the bins or they can pay to

use a bin cleaning service which can be set up through the Region:

• VIP Bin Cleaning, www.vipbincleaning.ca

Volunteer Training

As per the Guidelines, the public community organization/event organizers are required to host a

waste diversion training workshop for its volunteers. Halton Region staff deliver this volunteer

training, which takes approximately twenty minutes and reviews all aspects of acceptable

materials at the event.

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Private Waste Haulers

If required, private waste haulers can be hired to provide collection services. Before contacting

the private waste hauler, speak with Halton Region staff to determine what level of service your

event might require.

• Advantage Waste Solutions, 905-518-1825

• Bennett's Waste Disposal, 905-873-4808

• BFI Canada Inc., 905-312-9222

• Efficient Waste Management Services, Inc., 905-844-8888

• Emterra, 905-336-9084

• FDS Disposal Services Inc., 416-746-7200

• Miller Waste Systems, 905-693-1029

• National Waste, 905-664-9009

• Waste Management, 1-866-933-9696

• Waste Services (CA) Inc., 905-791-3555

• Waste Systems Ltd., 905-845-9991

Halton Region Contact

John Watson

Waste Diversion Education Coordinator

Halton Region

Phone 905-825-6000 x 8238

Fax: 905-875-3010

john.watson@halton.ca

Guidelines for Halton Region to Provide Waste Diversion Services to

Community Events

Purpose

Halton Region is frequently requested to provide waste management services at public community

events. The purpose of these guidelines is to specify the services that Halton Region is able to provide to

public community events in order to ensure consistent service levels are provided to all events and to

specify the roles and responsibilities of the Region when providing waste diversion assistance to public

community events.

Upon request from a public community organization/event organizer, Halton Region can provide recycling

and organics bins and signage to help identify acceptable materials. The collection of waste materials

(recycling, organics, garbage) shall remain the responsibility of the event’s organizing committee.

General Conditions

1. The Community Event Waste Diversion Service (the “Service”) will be made available to public

community events such as fairs, festivals, races, etc.… The Service is not for the use of private

parties, events for the purpose of promoting a commercial enterprise or business, political party,

street/yard sales, and school events (schools should already have waste diversion bins).

2. Community Event Waste Diversion Tools (the “Tools”) include Blue Boxes, Blue Totes,

GreenCarts, Green Totes, signage of the acceptable materials for the containers, and pre-event

training for the event organizers and volunteers.

3. A Community Event Waste Diversion Tools Request Form is available on the Region’s website.

An event organizer must complete the form and submit to Waste Management Services a

minimum of six weeks in advance of the event’s start date.

4. Halton Region will review all requests for the Service and at its sole discretion determine whether

the event is eligible for said Service.

5. The Region will grant requests in the order that requests are received and based on the

availability of Tools. Please note there are a limited number of Totes available. In the event that

all available Tools have already been allocated to an event for a requested date, the request for

Service may be denied.

6. A request form must be completed for each event and a new request form must be submitted

each year to receive Community Event Waste Diversion Tools. Annual service is not guaranteed.

7. Events requesting more than ten waste diversion containers must provide a refundable security

deposit for the use of the Tools. A deposit fee schedule will be included on the request form and

all deposits will be returned after all Tools have been returned to the Region in their original

condition.

8. The public community organization/event organizers will be invoiced for any damaged or missing

Tools as per the fee schedule included on the request form.

9. The public community organization/event organizers are responsible for the type and quantity of

waste generated at the event and will ensure that a sufficient number of people are assigned to

ensure the waste is managed properly throughout the event and that attendees know how to

properly sort their waste into the appropriate container so that there is minimal contamination in

the containers.

Attachment #1

To PW-12-10

10. The event organizers are required to submit a waste diversion plan with their request form to

demonstrate that the Tools will be managed properly.

11. The public community organization/event organizers must designate one person as a waste

diversion liaison (the “Liaison”) who will be the key contact between the event and the Region.

The Liaison must be identified at the time the request form is submitted. The Liaison must be

present during the delivery and removal of the Tools.

12. The public community organization/event organizers are required to host a waste diversion

training workshop for its volunteers prior to receiving the Tools for the event. The Liaison must be

present for this workshop. Halton Region will lead the training workshop at an agreed upon time

and location, free of charge.

13. Only materials accepted in Halton Region’s Blue Box and GreenCart programs are accepted in

the Blue Boxes/Totes and/or GreenCarts/Totes at the event. Refer to attached list of acceptable

materials. Any materials that are not accepted in Halton Region’s Blue Box and GreenCart

programs are to be placed in garbage containers provided by the public community

organization/event organizers. If the public community organization/event organizers knowingly

direct unacceptable materials to the Blue Boxes/Totes and/or GreenCarts/Totes at the event, they

may be disqualified from receiving the Service on future occasions.

14. The public community organization/event organizers may choose to divert additional materials not

on Halton Region’s Blue Box and GreenCart acceptable materials lists. However, the public

community organization/event organizers are responsible for providing separate receptacles to

collect these materials, for sourcing and securing a market/processor for the material, hauling the

material to the processor, and financing any and all aspects of its collection and processing.

Halton Region will not be responsible for providing resources to assist in diverting materials not

accepted in the Region’s Blue Box and GreenCart programs.

15. Halton Region will deliver and remove the Tools according to the date and location specified on

the request form. The Region reserves the right to change delivery and removal times.

16. When the Region comes to remove the Tools, they must be returned in the same condition as

when they were delivered. They must not be damaged or contain waste residue that requires

cleaning. If the Region is required to clean the Tools, the public community organization/event

organizers will be invoiced for the service, according to the fee schedule included on the request

form. If the Tools are returned in a damaged or dirty condition, the public community

organization/event organizers may be disqualified from receiving the Service on future occasions.

17. The public community organization/event organizers are to encourage all vendors to use food or

drink packaging that is accepted in the Blue Box and GreenCart programs. The use of fibre-

based food and drink packaging is strongly encouraged as it is accepted in the GreenCart

program. The use of compostable/biodegradable food and drink packaging that is not accepted in

the GreenCart program is strongly discouraged as it will need to be placed in the garbage or their

own separate designated container. Region staff can provide examples of acceptable and

unacceptable packaging.

18. The public community organization/event organizers will strongly encourage all vendors to not

use Styrofoam or Polystyrene products as they create unnecessary waste and go in the garbage.

19. The public community organization/event organizers are responsible for the purchase of

acceptable Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) certified compostable bags for the

GreenCarts/Totes. Before purchasing bags, the public community organization/event organizers

will verify the acceptability of the bag with Halton Region. Upon request, Halton Region can

provide a list of known suppliers of the bags. The bags purchased by the organizers must be

verified by the Region as acceptable in the GreenCart program.

20. The public community organization/event organizer acknowledges that the Region is performing

the Service as a customer service initiative. Accordingly, neither the Region nor any of its

councillors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable for any damages or losses resulting from

the Services provided by the Region or its Contractors, whether caused by the negligence of such

councillors, officers, employees or agents or otherwise.

21. The public community organization/event organizer assumes full responsibility for any risk

associated with the use or misuse of any of the Tools and shall assume the defence of and

indemnify and hold harmless the Region, its Council, officers, employees and agents from all

claims, losses, expenses, damages, actions suits or proceedings by which may arise before,

during or after the performance of the Services.

Collection of Waste Material

1. The coordinating and financing of the collection, tip fee and processing of garbage, recycling and

organics materials generated at the event will be managed with the following arrangements:

Collection Dates & Times Blue Box/Tote &

GreenCart/Tote collection

Garbage collection

Monday to Friday (excluding

Statutory or Declared Holidays)

7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Halton Region to provide

collection/tip fee at no cost to

Event Organizers